Rock 'n' Rolling Into China

HONG KONG -- Sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll have always been fertile subjects at Rolling Stone magazine, but Hao Fang, editor of the new Chinese edition, can't print much about the first two. And in China even rock music can be politically sensitive stuff, as the cover of the magazine's first issue illustrates.

Mr. Hao chose an inaugural cover image of Cui Jian, one of the first Chinese musicians to incorporate Western rock into his songs and a Bob Dylan-like master of lyrics with multiple meanings. Mr. Cui's most famous...